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The Rod of the Senior Deacon is a sign of his office, authorizing him to move free about the lodge as he is under order of the Master.

Just as with the Deacons' rods, the Stewards hold their rods with the authority to move about the lodge as they are under instruction of the Wardens or Master.

In historical lodges, the Marshall carries a rod instead of a Baton. But as the Marshall is a representation of the Military order of the lodge, and the rods in the military of Batons, the same principle was adopted for the rod of the Marshall to…

As the guard for the lodge, he is given the sword to fend off any cowens or eavesdroppers to the lodge. He is also charged with checking the credentials to to dismiss those who do not have the valid permissions to enter the lodge.

Used to symbolically spread the cement of brotherly love and affection.

The level demonstrates that we are descended from the same stock, partake of the same nature, and share the same hope.

The plumb admonished us to walk uprightly in our several stations, to hold the scales of justice in equal poise, to observe the just medium between intemperance and pleasure, and to make our passions and prejudices coincide with the line of our duty.

The common gavel we use, symbolically, to break off the corners of our rough earthly natures.

The 24-inch gauge teaches us so to measure and divide our time that just proportion of it may be given to the service of God and a distressed worthy brother, to our usual vocations, and to refreshment and sleep. Ruling our lives by a punctual…

It is an instrument made use of by operative Masons to square their work. But as Free and Accepted Masons, we are taught to make use of it for the more noble and glorious purples of squaring our action by the square of virtue.